Welcome to this week's Games & Toys update, our weekly summary featuring all new product arrivals from the last seven days.

It's the last week of the year and traditionally also the time when the last Japanese gaming highlights of the year will be published, right on time for the Japanese new year holiday season. Most Japanese companies will have a long holiday during the first one or two weeks of the year, resulting into fewer releases the next two weeks.

A separate Video/Music update containing Japanese releases from this week, including new Anime, J-Pop and Movie releases will follow prior end of the week.

With Rune Factory 2 for Nintendo DS™ there is just one game on next week's Japanese release schedule, due to the new year holidays. We are likely to expect some US & Asian version games though, so make sure to check for next week's weekly update.